February 9, 2010

Alternative:
Best practices and practical point in vendor management and value added services.

Speaker: Keith Wagoner- Director, Continuous Improvement - Lincoln Financial

Madeline Suite, UNCW

Program: Continuous Improvement Monitoring

Speaker:       Patrick Harrell

2508 Burnett Boulevard, Wilmington, NC

China is a country where the average daily workers wage is $6.50 usually for a 10 hour day. Most workers receive room (in a dormitory) and board for almost free. The Chinese government removes the 14% or so VAT (value added tax) when the item is exported.  The average cost savings of items exported from China is about 40%, FOB Shanghai.  The average USA Family has an annual $2,300 lower cost of living due to imports from China. How do you plan to compete with this in your business? Perhaps you should consider sourcing some of your components to Chinese Companies. How should you do that so it is successful?

             Please attend an ASQ Presentation, April 13 at 6:00 PM

At the UNCW Madeline Suite and our learned speaker, David Gregerson, V P of Quality of United Technologies-Carrier Corp. (retired), Malcolm Baldrige Examiner and Consultant will present to you process for how you should select an Chinese Supplier and work with them (“Trust but Verify”) He has traveled to China 14 times in the last six years for US and Chinese companies performing Due Diligence for Partnerships, finding sources and certifying sources. He will share with you his learning’s and pictures. This will be a very enjoyable and interactive presentation!

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